{"id":3537,"date":"2009-02-19T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/rutgers-villanova-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-19T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T17:05:00","slug":"rutgers-villanova-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/rutgers-villanova-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers-Villanova Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Villanova Wildcats will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Villanova Pavilion. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 18-point favorites versus the Scarlet Knights, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Providence<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> jumped out to a big lead and then held on for a 78-68 win over Rutgers<\/st1:place> on Saturday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Friars failed to cover the 11.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night’s posted total (143.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Villanova was knocked off by West Virginia 93-72 at WVU Coliseum Friday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
WVU covered as -4.5-point home favorites while the final score played over the 139.5-point total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Rutgers<\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Rutgers<\/st1:place>: 10-15 SU, 11-8 ATS
Villanova: 20-5 SU, 13-8 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rutgers most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-4
Before playing West Virginia are 4-6
After playing Providence are 5-5
After a loss are 1-9<\/p>\n

Villanova most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Syracuse are 8-2
After playing West Virginia are 5-5
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Rutgers’s last 5 games when playing Villanova
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Rutgers’s last 6 games
Rutgers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Rutgers is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Villanova is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Villanova is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Villanova’s last 5 games when playing Rutgers
Villanova is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Rutgers<\/st1:place> home to West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, February 22
Villanova at Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, February 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Villanova Wildcats will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Villanova Pavilion. Oddsmakers currently have the Wildcats listed as 18-point favorites versus the Scarlet Knights, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Providence jumped out to a big lead and then held … Continue reading Rutgers-Villanova Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}